Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVEN With Sunday ¥ Edition WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY..November 19, 1925 G rnin; THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | 1 11th st New York ¢ e Chicago ¢ European Oflice The Evening S Inz edition. fs dr e City At 60 cente o 45 cents por month por month, - Orders ma Wleplione Main 3000 carrier at the snd of e Rate by Mail—Pay: in Maryiand and Virg Dair 1 Sunday....1yr. S840 1 mo.. Dail v 1V €8.00: 1 mol Sunday only. | 13082407 1 mo All Other States. Paily and Sunday....1 yr.. $10.00: 1 mo. Dailz only 1. £7.00:1mo Sunday only.’... 1111 yrll $3.00: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Press. sively ent priated Press is exel to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ite T also the local news ication The Spirit of Locarno. Ratitication the British of Commons of the has been effected with a vote 1y unanimous House o treaty Locy 0 nes whelming sentiment on the past of the British people for this form of in- surance nst conflict. The vote wirs to The opposition was perfunctory regarding the scene in the Dispatet House pf Commons say that the session was imbued with et rmo o “the spirit of Lo t the will ratified by all the signatory powers s o doubt that a e relief has been ex- be treaty assumed. There is feeling of int perienced throughout Europe in conse- | reement reached in guarantees combina- quence of the Switzerland to establish ggainst war by effecting a STAR| 15 to evidence an over- | { of systematic personal financing. Viewed from this angle, it will be seen that the Christmas savings sys- tem, to which now over 7,000,000 peo- ple contribute, is a great national sinking fund. Undoubtedly the foun- dations of fortunes have been laid during these fifteen years by this mea. Debts have been paid, homes hzve perhaps heen saved from mort- gage sales, life insurance has been maintained, thrift has been promoted. Tt has been sid that the war taught the Amerfcan people how to save money by promoting the purchase of national bonds. Several million people were started toward accumulation by The Christmas savings started before the war, great deal in the same direction. The steady srowth of the savings is not only a sign of the in- creasing prosperity of the country, but a4 token of the increasing thrift of the people. this means. which ne ——— The Drying-Up Process. Drastic steps to check the flow of industrial alcohol to the bootlegging rude were taken yesterday by Mel- lon, Andréws & Co., in the business of enforcing the Federal prohibition | laws. An order issued that all basic permits issued by the Federal | ¢ wits THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. O, est tower and has claimed to have the finest capital. Some countries claim to have the oldest ruins, the best roast beef, most luscious mutton, most in- quisitive police, most sonorous music, foamiest beer, most sparkling wine, most brilliant fetes, greatest number of holidays, fanciest dressed peasants and all that. May the ParisCalais “Lghtning ex- press” have safe passage and a clear track! May the signalmen be ever on their jobs and may the enginecr never overlook a signal! May a million travelers boast that they have ridden on “the fastest train in the world,” but let one h also that France be not overwhelmed with the speed mania which is an obsession that often leads to trouble. ———— Clear the Way. Chief of Police Hesse warns motor ists that drastic n s plated by the department unless bet- ter co-operation is shown In giving right of way to fire apparatus It seems strange that it should be nec ts becnuse they refuse to tike proper precautions te live to a good old age, but a bird's- eve view of the tortuous progress of iire engine responding to an alarm will soon convince the most skeptical | acti contem sary to chide motor | Government for the manufacture of { that few motorists possess the slight- | industrial alcohol il expire De-|est conception of the regulations or cember 31, 1925, und thereufter basic | the actions which assure personal permits shall expire each December | safety. 181, except that those permits issued | Fire engines are heavy. awkward lafter Auzust 31 of any calendar year | vehicles. They Nowed by law to 31 of ¢ | pire until December {the following vear i i of nsy Ivania address to the Anti-Suloon | hicago, declared that con- {trol the Federal of [permits for the manufacture of in- dustrial alcokol the “first defe against the unlawtul liquor trade. He gave in detail cases of alleged violation of the law through {the use of these Federal permits in Pennsy true, indi- cated a $hocking situation. He point- { shall not ¢ Gov "hot Pe ja recent Leazue in by Government was line nia, which, tion of major powers pledized to resist| e out that the production of de- any assressor, 1iad such @ combina- | Batured, or industrlal, alcohol had tion existed in 1914 it is doubtful| IRCreased from 29,000,000 gallons| whether Germany would have under- | i 1920 to S2.000.000 gallons in 18 tuken the onset agalnst France|Of this umount, he estimated, 35 through Belgium. The German-Aus- { 00.000 gallons were used in making trian campaizn was predicated upon | denatured alcohol, from which the the assumption that Belgium would | d€naturants could easily be removed not resist and that Great Britain|2nd the liquor placed in the bootleg would not unite es with trade. £ w France. | um was a vio- of the ethmann tearing Von Hollwe imitted Under the treaty of L T h a move would be autor Iment of all the | forces of nd, France and Bel- &i sion. In 1914 Berlin believed th mdon would hold | aloof. T n would know that | London would become a par war b of on, with other nations to any German pledzed to unite forces against the aggressor. This is an effective than fluence treat treaty than a supplement. It is the fruition of a'fear felt by the European powers that the league does not specifically guarantee that only by direct and explicit pledges and treaty bonds can a peace_coalition be estab- lished started an act ot! eggres insurance much more League of Nations in- settlement. The Loc the Versa But it no illes is more springs out of in one sense. peace, and The reaty of Locarno can, of course, be treated like a “scrap of paper,” if the will should prevail to violate it or ignor than powers. it. the good No treaty is faith of the But a breach of good faith against this treaty is less likely to menace Europe because of the guarantee of self-interest binding 2 sufficient combination of defensive | forces into an effective unit of re-| sistance. stronger signatory ————___ Fobbed hair has nothing to do with religion. While hair does not neces- sarily indicate venerable wisdom, bald heads are not reliably significant of mental industry. Phrenology is not | @accepted as an accurate science. in other words, the outside appearance | s of no value in determining what | 1s inside of a skull ro ; Uncle Sam has a Bureau of Eff-| clency which arouses the familiar doubt at to whether the ‘“efficiency expert” is a help or a hindrance. No one knows how much of it was ever denatured.” he added Whether or not the action now taken by the p hibition enforcement unit is the result of charges brought by Gov. Pinchot, it is likely, it fol- lowed up strongly, to dry up one of the sources of illicit liquor trade, d alcohol from which home-made in and other concoctions are made will become less plentiful. In order not to bring about hard- ship for the legitimate manufacturers of alcohol, instructions have been sent to all regional administrators of prohibition to act upon applications for renewal of permits for industrial lcohol plants, bonded warehouses and denaturing plants prior to December | 31. Close scrutiny, however, will be made of the use to which the dustrial alcohol produced by these | ncerns is put, and the oxpeclaflon; is that in those cases where a clean bill is not found the permit will not be renewed. There will be an an- nual check-up hereafter also, and close observation in the period be- tween these check-ups. One of the cases of violation 0(1 the law alleged by Gov. Pinchot is| found in the greatly increased amount alcohol ostensibly for tobacco sprays. He said that in Philadelphia alone enough alcohol was sold for this purpose to meet every possible requirement in the manufacture of more tobacco than is grown in the United States. After this charge had { been made by him, he said, a firm of manufacturers in Philadelphia authorized withdraw - 35,000 gallons of alecohol a month, or 420,000 ! 1llons a vear, more than enough for trezting the entire tobacco crop of the world. in- of cigar was to — e successor will be named by Mussolini, in the event of assassi- Thi arrangement should | operate effectively to discourage any | idea that getting rid of the man will destroy the systems he established. own nation. N Soft coal, long held in s ight regard, now claims the grateful consideration due a friend in need. o Christmas Savings and Thrift. Fifteen years ago a plan was in- ®ugurated in a few banks in this country whereby people might make periodical deposits throughout the year for the purposs of accumulatin savings for Christmas expenditures. These “Christmas clubs’ grew in num- her steadily. The appealed to the thrifty spirit It was an advan tage to the savers, to the hunks that cared for their d to the business world. So far has the Christ mas savings club system spread that this year it fs estimated the distribu- tion of money to members in the United States will be $314,154,800, ac- cumulated by approsimately 7,000,000 people. More than 6,800 banks have been thi depositories for this fund. The total amount is $70,000,000, or about 25 per cent, in excess of the sav- ings in the Christmas club plan last vear, and the membership is an in- crease of 17 per cent over 1924. The average amount saved through the plan by each member this vear is $144.88, as against an average of $40.60 a year age. Not all of this money thus accumu- lated in the Christmas savings funds end disbursed by the banks to the members is spent on Christmas pres- ents. The originator of the plan, who has followed its development closely, plan money, ——— Decency in dress has always been a subject for earnest consideration. As times change, customs vary, and modesty demands different conceal- ments. Propriety consists, after all, in a deference to the prevailing mode. ————— 1t appears that Mrs. Lansdowne prefers to speak extempore instead of taking the benefit of a rehearsal. The Fastest Train. The world's fastest train will run in France. Such is the news. It is not in operation, but will begin its trips in May. Tt is to travel between Paris and is to cover the 186 miles between the capital and the channel port in 180 minutes without stopping. There is to be something international in this train, for it will be made up of English-built steel coaches and drawn “by glant Ameri- can locomotives.” “The fastest train in the world” cannot be said to be a new thing. Every now and then the fastest train in the world is started. We have had many in the United States, and per- haps it is widely thought that the fastest trains run in this country, but if France wishes to advertise the fast- est train in the world we will rest content. American trains, many of them, are fast enough, comfortable enough and the fare is high enough for passengers and ought to be satisfactory to the railroads. One believes that the speed proceed of those Jaid down for pussenger automobiles at ex speeds in and trucks. right of w They are given exclusive Curele indifferent motorists who clog the streets and delay progress of fire apparatus are guilty of a serious offense. besides placing their lives and the lives of the firemen in jeopardy. Immediately hearing a siren— which, incidentally, is audible for sev- eral blocks—a motorist should pull to the curb and stop. He should not wait to ascertain the direction of the i That can be done after he is off the middle of the street. hen, when he Is sure that all appa- proceed on a rutus has gone past, he may on his way. Iire engine drivers are skilled in their tasks. They are able to avoid collisions with only the smallest amount of co-operation from the mo torist, but If they find themselves be. hind a weaving, zig-zaging. slow-mov. ing line of automob which refuse to give way, the danger of fatul acci den s multiplied = hundred times. The next time you hear a fire siren pull over to the curb and stop. Do not be cla d with the ignorant and dumb. Obey the regulations and live to see Washington grow Into a city of a million inhabitants —————— Illusions are dispelled in the cold light of practical research. King Tut, at first regarded as a mighty ruler, now appears to be merely a 16-year old with an excessive fondness for jewelr: boy ————— It would be only considerate to g voung Mr. La Follette time before calling upon him to assume all the re- sponsibilities with which his distin- guished father was so conspicuously associated. ) Hamlet in a modern dress coat has aroused interest in New York. Evi dently the clothes do not make the man in drama any more than in real life. There is no Santa Claus. is so well recognized that no rum runner need hope to escape arrest by equipping himself with reindeer and a sleigh. . CGovernment economy is alwa: ficult to regulate in such a way to make the curtailment of expense by one generation a saving for the benefit of the next. aif- SHOQTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Sincere Effort. medals an’ titles are passin’ around In moments of wonderful zest, Some slight recognition there ought to be found For the man that's jes’ doin’ his best. When The triumphs of state an’ the victo- ries great, Which help to relieve the oppressed, Depend, after all, the historians state, On the fellers that jes' done their best. A Successful Quiescence. “How did you happen to engage in politics?” “I was doing nothing much at the time,” answered Senator Sorghum, “and the bosses out home thought I did it pretty well. They picked me as a man who wasn't liable to get encrgetic and upset anybody's plans.” Personal Expression. When classic music brings its thrill You simply listen and sit still. The jazzy stuff gives you a chance To get out on the floer and dance. Jud Tunkins says we're getting better and better every day. The great trouble is that we've got to hear the bad news about conditions we're tryin’ to improve. Ready to Gamble Along. “I understand you have a real es- tate boom in Crimson Gulch' “Sure,” replied Cactus Joe. “The old Gulch has always been ready to extend a welcomin’ hand to any game of chance that happened to be upper- most in public favor.” Precious Minerals. Coal is carbon, just the same As a diamond, they claim. Anthracite, no doubt, at last BY CHARLES Have you a little Bush-Hopper on your street? There have to be bushes, of eourse, before there can be Bush-Hoppers. ‘This little animal, indigenous to our street, only flourishes where there is plenty of nice bushes for it to hop ov It vour neighborhood is the proper sort to attract and hold this cunning little anfmmal, it boasts of a level streteh of front yards, unincumbered by fences or division lines of any kind. Where one property stops and the next 15, no one in the world could tell, let alone the owners, or the real tors who planned it all. The latter had in mind the “total effect” when they et out the fences. There is a tecrace, a few feet high, ranning up from the sidewalk. The bushes are planted, vne on either side of the steps leading up from the pub. le walk to the private—so-called— walks which in turn direct the way furer to the individual homes L cunning each side of each walk, just feet from the edge of the ter neat little bushes, making a total neat little bushes in all, on « side of the street, a grand total of nice littie bushes. Time, which changes all<things, not forgotten the bushes. It has its toll, and some of the bushes are not s neat ¢ once we ome died, and we; . S0 that the are almost kinds of bush now little bush one on about ace. Two of has ken 18 s there No two are height Aourishing, many Lishes. in variety, are alike or wh t ot some thered 14 look ne ave preen, some brown a The long Str toduy infinitely of them wer But there they in the eves of in a determir the coming « o, sward wor tter it awity ind, A if preciou their owners, waiting 1, if uneven, line for the little Bush-Hopper. | i . we might as w any further sus The Bush-Hopt say, to relieve you « pense, is a little girl who goes bac ward and forward to school the nec essary five days a4 week. If we had our way there would be no schools, children. We thought it bore when we were there ourselves, land we still think it so. Grow up i hastily, children, so that you can grow out of vour schools. There is much more to be learned out of them than in them. We defy any educator to gainsay it! 4" Our Bush-Hopper hops the bushes one by one, all down the row, xo full jof pep and life is she Solemnly, as if her very life de pended upon it, she hops over v bush in the n cur side of the { street, as « ex to school, and re peats the performa on the other side of the strect—in the opposite di rection, of course—on her way back { home to lunch | Returning to school at o'clock the Bush-Hopper honors our row again, and on coming back home at 3 o'clock takes the row on the other side of the street again ush by bush. she hops over them as if it some sort of rite she were performing, some essentinl cuty that must not he omitted on vain of an_unknown disaster. The stubby bushes she disdainfu steps over. She seems Lo prefer those of medium height. Several that are too tall for her she merely straddles over, bending the swaying branches close to the =rou Several grouchy must be confessed, upon this daily 30 takes adown the ro i householder t Took with alarm the Bush-Hopper s, but most of Gen. Pershing officers 1o he in dis The recent call by for additional America sent to South Americ the settlement of the Tucn: pute between Chile and Peru iends « to the fear that all Is not oing well under the decision of President Coolidge that the boundary shall he settled by a plebiscite of the inhabi- tants of the two countries. This de- cision is ithorized by the al:r(—l‘ll\@n_! of both making him arbi- trator. Both the State Department and the pan-American Union have recognized the necessity of official sflence pending delicate situ to assist countries nd help the con to keep the peace E a just and tending parties to arrive : permanent settlement. S The origin of the trouble dates back more than half a century, when Chile discovered that in a desert of Bolivia and Peru there were rich deposits of upon sent a commission of explora- tlon to locate the guano, and the legis lature passed a law decreeing that all guano discovered should become national (Chilean) possessions—ignor- ing the fact that the region where the guano was located was outside of Chilean territory. i This brought on war between Chile and Bolivia, which involved Peru as an ally of Bollvia. Chile won a vic- tory over the allies, and at the con- ference at Ancon (1882) a treaty of peace was agreed to, which put Tacna and Arica, provinces of Bolivia and Peru, under the jurisdiction of Chile for a period of 10 years, at the end of which decade a piebiscite was to de- cide permunent jurisdiction That plebiscite was due, therefore, in 1892. Peru is charged with having delayed it, on the ground that Chile had manipulated the population of the disputed territory, exiling most of the Peruvians, so that it weuld he impossible to hold a fair plebiscite until the exiles were recalled. Since 1892 the dispute has continued, with frequent crises threatening a renewal of hostilities. Three yvears ago an agreement was reached that the ques- tion should be submitted to the Presi- dent of the United States for arbi- tration as to whether a plebiscite could vet be held, and under what conditions. 2 President Coolidge ruled in favor of a plebiscite to be conducted under a commission consisting of one repre- sentative from Chile, one from Peru and one from the United States— Gen. Pershing—the latter to be presi- dent of the commission. * ok Kk K The treaty of Ancon provided that Chile was to retain administrative jurisdiction until the plebiscite, which was to be held in 1892. On that pro- vision Chile claims the right to in- dependent jurisdiction until the plebiscite determines the permanent disposition of the territory and defies American authority to inquire into their administrative acts. Peru, however, points to the lan- the continuance of the te s ation, so “loaded with dynamite” as one official expresses it. The United States is clearl e meutral or “inno- | cent bystander,” and concerned only guano. The President of Chile there-| notv estimates that of the $314,154,800 | of many of our long-distance trains saved less than half, or about $141,-[comes close enough to the limit of 369,660, will be spent on gifts. About |safety, and it seems to have been $88,900,000, he says, will be deposited | proved that there is danger in speed in savings and thrift accounts, $37,-|rivalry. There is no use cutting off a 700,000 will go for insurance premiums | few minutes in a run of several hun- and mortzage interests, §34,500,000 for | dred miles at the risk of cutting off taxes and $12,500,000 for fixed charges |a few hundred lives. maturing in the holiday season. In| The United States has been charged chort, theso estimates show that the [ with an extraordinary desire for su- Christmas savings plan is a business | perlativo things, but the ambition is institution, not merely a stimulus to|not singular to this country. MHce' holiday buying, but a veritable means | has plumed itself on having the high- guage of the “complementary act, under which it was agreed that the President of the United States should determine how the plebiscite should be taken. The complementary act reads: ““In case it is declared that the plebiscite shall be proceeded with, the arbitrator shall be authorized to determine its conditions.” The Peruvians argue that there were no limitations in that provision but that the arbitrator should use his full discretion in ‘“‘determining the conditions.” They demand that the ‘conditions should’ insure full and free ‘Will as jewelry be classed. Other People’s Business. “Why don’t you mind your own business?" “My business is minding other peo- ple's business. I'm an ‘efficiency ex- pert.’ " “De world owes you a livin,'” said TUncle Eben. “But you's got to do enough work to remind de world dat you's tryin' to collect.” E. TRACEWELL. us rather like to watch her perform. We have a bet up as to when she will forget to “do her stuff” and walk THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1925 THIS AND THAT THE NORTH WINDOW By Leila Mechlin. A new group has been added tg the a wlly company steadily growing in recent years and becomimng more and more comprehensive. Formerly teach- v ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What does the name “Campbell™ mean?—W. P. C. A. it is a Secotch family name and s “man with a wry mouth. along the sidewalk like an ordinary of art were only to be found in art 2 child, o 1ly in private schools. | Q. the karly museums o dually the public schools took on |in the United States located?—IH. T. Our Rush-Hopper, be it known, is no | those who were specialists in this| A. Among the early American mn ordinary chilc field. As the musenms awoke to a| Seums were Harnum's Museum in If she were, do you think for a|sense’ of responsibility they added|New York and the Boston Museum. moment that 1 would be wasting vour | docents to their staffs—men and wom- | In both, while the idea of amusement time and mine by telling you about|cn trained for the purpose, who were | predominated, there were really val he 'y employed as instructors to the mu-J uable specimens of natural history. ne day she is going to be one of |eum visitors. Later still the museums | Barnum’s was among the first to ex the prettiest glrls in Washington, | began reaching out to those who necd. | hibit living fishes. Antedating the She ds about 9 vears old, we judge, | @l help, and through the arrangement | were the museums conducted the | slender, with curly bobbed hair of of exhibitions wiled them in. The rtist, C 1rlu:-\\ Peule, and his son, [ Tight brown, shot through with glints | MPtropolitan Museum of Art for sev-| Rembrandt. The first was established | of gola. eral years now lius set forth annually | as the Philadelphia Museum in 1785, er 1 e i 7 v | « manufacturers’ exhibit, has made its} From 22 to 2 w nstal Women who decide to get their own | igners and has conducted classes for | isting museum in the United States, | hair bobbed ought to take along al: | tradespeople and salesman. The public |as well as the first public museum | mest any small girl they meet, and, | libraries have for some ti been | in America is that in Charleston, ointing to her, say to the barber:|recognized as a & auxiliary founded by the Charleston Town | “Make it like that.” | teaching f“""',‘ n.,;,u,.’ their tlil]r:n\l- Library Soclety in 1773. | The sh-Hopper - delicate | ments of art, their distribution of read- | L5 — T showing pink through her clear skin | instructive exhibits of the graphic| O e | of chilahood. She is one of those chil- [ 3FLs. The women's clubs throuhout | F80 QU f dren in whose face the blood seems to | the country have also constituted — | stand to the surface delicately, as if | Well organized wing of this army ( Q. Where does the Kentucky Derby tisdaining to blush vulgarly. Ay 18 PLograms, €n-| yige place?—A. E. | Her cheeks look for all the world as | Sasing of fellow mem-j " 15 tor ot ChnrehilliDowns | @0 some of the glow lamps, in which | bers, ins mpaigns for eivic |y oovie, Ky the light permeates but does not | lmproven artistic sort; in , —_— st suffuse the surface. | short, bringing art to the conscious Q. What is a dry point etching?— As to her face in gener: I T can | ness of the women. " C. | tell you is that it is piquant, for she * ”\ . A (;!r' r:n!\nlx 4>ll;hm: < her head straightforward, as e 2 ddition to these forces | Process of engraving on she hops by our House, so that 1 have |15 the bety A e foeava| @ sharp point, which scrate zot a real good look at her TR Cottan \Daiins, Iticdian. iox ) S It differs from 0 most of us she is a sort of Mod- | e Newark Pobiic Library and di.| Siching in the absence of ¢ ern fairy in a green coat, hatless, air Soior BEther Nawarle Act Misaion ‘i»' eid. which_ co . i et Lopping her way up and down our | (Gicled conservative, museum direc. | I ordinary etching the plate is cov biock at stated intervals, the wind de 1 o statemenD¥hat the show|Sred With wax and the incision with ing its best to Qutter her hair, and | windows of the leading fmetropolita "‘>-”xwy” o b wax :w?lh Sotins i RE RS e Bt Bl PRI O cid until the required deptin ‘s cater ¥ displuys set Lty wwinv. Dry point cetchinisie done di By the end of the school vear, next | museum, that they represented art of | Eectly on metal and inked w June, we do not imagine there wiil be | a very real and substantially meri- | 09t 1" i # hush left on our block, thanks to!toricus sort, and that they got their{ Q. When did the father of Pat Roo the industrious, faithtul Bush-Hopy message over 1o the people. Ameri 4!“ ¥ thé s el knswnanncer. QIA?_D., But we do ot care. has been | Lus set an example in shop-window | A The elder Pat Rooney died March <aid, the block would look better with- | display, and the dressing of { 25, ‘189 | out a single bush, and if the Hopper | dows has become a recognize i S brings that eventuality to pass, the|only in this country but abroad Q. Who invented the soft pedal of | citizens’ association of the neighbor-| But the retail merchants have L:mmlllr plano?—L. L. hood ought to extend to her unani-|a step farther than this of late in art| A e shifting or soft pedal is the mous resolutions of thanks. instructorship. They and their heads | invention of 4 Viennese maker named Every member would vote for it, too | of departments, the Stein. He first applied it to an instru xcept crusty old Sam Hepplewh who lives down the way Sam Hepplewhite hates that dear little girl He th every time I row of lit Hepvlewhite had two s In front of his\house, gritted his hopping down the Mr | two enormous bushes, too biz, in fact if you considered the “totul effec but Sam Hepplewhite didn't. He oniy considered his own property indifferent of 1t child is going ruin ever h in the block,” swore Mr. Hep e her bending down “Look at I guess she won't hurt them,” d rs. Hepplewhite, who had been s thing of an athlete in her day Hepplewhite fumed, though. as L sensed, rather than saw. the damag ring done to his two us bushe had watered them faithfully H Summer, and sprayed them to keep off the red spider, wd in general roud of them. Finally, it became more than h could stand to see the Bush-Hoppe | hopping gayly through, rathe: wits tha over, his two fine, tall bushes S0 what did the mean old fellow d |but take the bushes up and trans | plant them to the back yard! And the { poor little Bush-Hopper has to run in | stead of hop every time she crd ! Sam Hepplewhite's yard. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. ty between Chilean and Yeru vian citizens, so that the plebiscite would express the will of the voters without military and administrative intimidation. equ It is alleged that President Coul idge's decisfon did not contemplate that Chile would institute martial law in the disputed region and exile the Peruvlan voters, which, it is claimed, is what has taken place. What can an Ame toward preserving fa n neutral do - play while one party exercises military and dictato rial power over the other party? What President Coolidge will de cide in that regard will be based upon Gen. Pershing’s reports, which are state secrets. pointed evacu: It is Chilean ion of be decr t would weeks to recall the tre {draw their supplies. Would ates troops take their plac | would be difficult to st up a government 1o e rder until the vote could L and it is not at all certain | Chileans would comply with an order ito evacuate, since they are strongly contending the right to remain, based on the criginal Treaty of An |ignoring the complementary act | ferring upor the arbitrator full out that the take in a territory several | | ps and with- United It neutral nd taken at the t {other conditions precedent to Chile denies the right of the United States to make any inquiry into k administration of the territory. There are American cruisers in the harbor of Arica for the protection of Ameri can officials and others, and persons United States, have been mobbed in the streets by Chileans, their insignia and their official portfolss taken from them. These acts have been officially disavowed and apologized for by Chilean authorities, but repeated a few days thereafter. Certain Peruvians undertook to sell on the streets a small newspaper con- taining Peruvian propaganda. The were mobbed and driven to seek safety authorized the Peruvians to continue the sale of their papers and sent Amer- icans with them as guards, but both the Teruvians and the American gue!iyrfls ‘Were then set upon by the mobs. 2 ok ok ¥ While officials are refusing to give out any information regarding the critical conditions in Tacna-Arica, a periodical of California, the West Coast Leader, has sent two unbiased correspondents to tiae region to de- scribe the situation. These correspondents depict condi- tions of complete terror among P ruvian women left in Arica after their husbands had been driven into e on the charge that they were * spiring” against Ckile. The corre- spondents allege that wherever they went about the city they were followed and spied upon by Chilean police or plain-clothes detectives. The Peruvian women on whom they called were fear- ful that the visit of the Americans would compromise their safety on charges of further conspiracy. * ok ok ok The Peruvians point to the defect in Chilean title to the territory, which they allege is conceded by Chile in its contract to sell certain of the terri- tory to Bolivia, in case the plebiscite awards full possession. Without the unquestionable right of transfer, un- conditional upon “any future contin- gency, it is argued, there is no owner- ship; therefore, they argue, all pos- sesslon is held in trust, subject to the stipulations of the ‘complementary ;f:b‘ nplllxet'f:l:o ‘tg:sr c](lmd.mons of the e ful P gl control of Presi {Conyright. 1925, by Yeul V. Collinsd: { from these vessels, although bearing | insignia of their connections with the | in the residence of Gen. Pershing, who | personally ordered the mob dispersed, | representa alv erning ¢ rate setting is recently These ken, with ston, from | nd published | I Metropolitan Museum, New | ch zoes to evidence t { this i { i upon everyda | The e | | and st help very | to_secure choice of that| 1s” good. and e to elevate | taste. Here co of a very uth t e right direc | tion, that nol ¢ compete th philan movements of this ki ponsored by | business, are of the enduring | and effectiv The beautiful fur: niture, sflver: o, and even portraits of the th century in this country we °d in response to demand. Art tha is th called forth is invariably the best | i Refer nerican por- | traiture Abbott, cen-| tribut O k, in | the November 18 f that weekly | | makes intere 3 aparison be- { tween a collection of portraits of “pc | litical worthies who flourished in the | £ New York more than 200 years | | 4 held lately at one of the lead | aind a concert by the Bng | rs of London, who are no | making a tour of this country and, it will be recalled, gave their first concert here in the new auditorium at the Library of Congress. Mr. Ab bott noted in the early American por- | traits and in th songs g ented by | these English singers a certain simi- | larity, a dignity and Leauty declares he does not find i which he either our | popular painting or popular music te | da He is an advocate of progress {one who heartily welcom the mod ern improvements which advanced | | civilization has brought: he declares u | { preference for electrie light, the high-| powered automobile and the creature nforts provided modern plumb. ing; but he admits to a suspiefon { that the modern democratic movement | toward social equality and efficiency may produce mediocrity in certain | phases of life. The pictures in this| exhibition of early American portrai- ture and the madrig endered by | the English sinzers made him “gasp a litte at the thought of what a ‘Main street’ count ners.” This thought lecture 1 dred Year: civilization in t v realm this man- doing to e of good in Qiff that rent 1l words, the R Cortissoz, last on “One H of American Art,” expr ed in regard tg, our early Ameri portraits, when he rated them even higher than the portraits of the great glish cotemporary school, because | of their greater sincerity, their sim- plicity, indication of reticence and character. These are valuable ele- ments in which we cannot afford to lose; they are worth thinking about and discussing, recapturing if pos- sible. | But to go back to furniture and fur- | | nishings. ~ We are having, it is said, today an American renaissance. Part Iy as a result of the opening of the American wing of the Metropolitan | Museum, and partiy as a result of the movement_which in itself led to the creation of this wing, attention is fo- cused con the ‘chitecture, furniture and furnishings of our colonial an- cestors and their immediate successors, The American antique is having a great vogue. Mention has been made before of the fact that a distinguished collector and connoisseur and one of the leading furniture manufacturers have formed a partnership to repro- duce quantitatively furniture accord- ing to the best early American design at prices which those of moderate means can afford {o pay. Taking such furniture as this into the home, train- ing the eyes to recognize its merit, will undoubtedly help to re-establish in a measure some of the dignity in American life which Mr. Abbott seems to fear is lost. o x But we can, of course, go too far even in this direction. We must do more than merely copy and revive; we must learn to discriminate- and to judge for ourselves. H. Van Buren Magonigle, the well known New York architect, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, in an address made not long ago be- fore an architectural gathering in Boston, strongly urged that we should get rid of period art, strip off all the labels and regard design purely as de- sign, judging it by those principles upon which all good art is based. “I remember,” he said, in the course of his address, “being very s with o friend back in 1895 who said that such a thing would be all right if one want ed to do Tuscan architecture; and I ap- pealed to high heaven to tell us why any one should wish to do Tusean ar % ich he called a “Saiten-har Q. What classes of designs can be covered by patents, and how long i the term for which a design patent i sranted’—W. C. H A 1l de 11 ornament manufacture New and origir ns for articles of be patented. Ornamentul chars , or beauty requisite to patentabilty Mere utility is not taken into conside atfon, and it is questionable whethe iwwticle to which ornamentatio wouid no value is subject mut of a design patent. A desi; s 7 patentable if it was known others in this country bef thercof by the applicant fo if it was patented or descr printed publicatior s eign country hefore his thereof or more than two to his application, or was use or on sale in this countr than two years prior to his applica tion, Q®Does the custom of burying at | prevail?—3. 's: 1. here have a sea for a great many vears, as all large ships are equipped with appa ratus for embalming the bodies of those who die on shipboard. Q. Did Bryan resign command of his ent in the Spanish-imerican War before he knew it would not be | called”—F. 8. B. A, William J n did not resign command of his regiment volunteers until it was mus at the conclusion of the ican War Q 2 Wh antly dis A. Dr. versity Nebruska ered out nish-Amer the two elements wered?—R: D. (. Walter Noddack of the Ur B eports the disce W elements, to which he assigned names Masurium Rhenium, after the Masurlan Rhine provinces lost to Germany t are re c and after Ithe war. Foth of heavy metals more than an in the minerals ga: bite. As a rough e: part in a million which makes up tl these new elen is G i meanir and it is spelled fount ple nd ters, sma numera the elemen nan, scembling and Te and col st a A Font A. ““fondre En; at does the n Q. Wh meant—A. C. A. “Shannon” is a me der; from the Gaelic “cei LE plus the Irish diminut Q. Who was the missioned a coin A. Mre. commission Do A. Re; Q t vene the 2 which this year f ¥ traordinary s President, and the « e pound 150 pounds Demp A mathemnaticiarn man who was b Bipartisan Tax Upheld as framing the bill for the taxes is praised by a chorus from the country’s press some discordant notes av the next heard when How long step i discuss the doubters inquire, Lefore bl will become a law? “The fact that both political parties represented on the wavs and means tee have worked barr ning this measure niously passaze by ress mon of the Kalamazoo though this paper expects minor revisions on the part houses.” 1In this meeting of Repub- | lican and Democratic minds the Seatt Times notes wisdom, for, as it says Theoreticzlly, of e finances siould be outside the partisan realm.” The Times wonders if the country is to enter, via this tax bill, “upon other of the very infrequent ‘golden ages' of non-partisanship that rarely have been remarked in American political affairs’* In this “elimination of politics from the » the Portland Telegram points out. “lies the hope that eventual reform as well as tax revision may become an actuality.” B But the question of when the tax bill may be expected to becorne a law, the editors of the country find difficult to answer. On this point the Knox- ville Sentinel quotes the opinion of Nicholas Longworth, House, “who promises,” says the tinel, “that the tax reform will b on on the statute books by March 15, in time | for to be effective on the tax retur next year. More power to prophetic soul,” soliloquizes tinel. With this optimistic prediction the New York Times docs not agree, as it pictures “Senators grimly getting ready with knives in their hands to cut the measure to picces when reaches them.” To the Times only certitude is that there will be a long delay in passing the revenue bill, of which the final form will remain in doubt until ¢he two houses of Con- gress have thrashed out their differ- ences.” With greater optimism, and heading its editorial “Lucky Tax Bill,” the Boston Transcript declares: “The Treasury Department has not tried to fix the rates, the President has not as- sumed a dictatorial attitude, the coun- try wants quick action—and from present indications recalcitrant Sena- tors will find themselves howled over. The bill is lucky,” concludes the Tran- script. Another doubter on the question of the quick passage of the bill is the Roanoke World-News, which com- ments as follows: “All in the House committee’s bill-seems to be a Ni the Sen all, chitecture, or any architecture except that of our own day and time.” Of course he is right, but one must learn to crawl before one can walk. Jeffer- son, it will be remembered, urged his colleagues in Virginia, when planning the Capitol building, to hold to clas: models, those great examples of archi- tecture “which generations had agreed to admire.” Those who know the best will seldom_choose that which is in- ferlor, augurs well | n- Speaker of the | Reduction Effective Plan in cor ¢ fran wart 1 o and 1 : {was al propos sented. approved bill “w approva the Bostor “little fellow tten in that “‘as t & whi { students. e 15 or 19 years, the age limit f ¥ R st well bo placed at Commenting on the pressure that had been brought to bear upon the committee from numerous sources, ! the Wheeling Intellizencer says: “The automobile people requested that the Federal tax on cars be taken off. Jewelers asked for a reduction of | taxes on luxuries, under which jew jelry is classified. Theatrical and mov- ing picture representatives asked that the taxes on admissions be discor tinued. Many other business inter ests were represented at the heur ing,” continues the _Intelligenc “and, in addition to this, numerous briefs were filed by individuals, firms and corporate bodies.” On the other hand, there are those who fear endangering the Treasury. The attitude is expressed by the timore Sun, which states: “Congr has opportunity to give the country pretty much all that it looked for in the matter of reduction in income and excise taxes without going be- yond the Treasury’s judgment as to what prudence suggests that it do.” The New York World feels it has fol- lowed s 1 COUrse. “The w s and of the House it from its labors nd tively set at $308,366, uet of its thy restraint reaxon to b surplus will means con committeo nts, tax cut tenta is the prod weelis” study. Thi indeed, for thare i ve that the Fed run much higher than $308,000,000, and the casiest ro; to popularity for Congressman to cut taxes righi and Jeft™ S . » ] ’ v ' b ’ ’ [l . . . i [ ’ ¢ ' [